Comments on: Electric Vehicles For Nurses & Postal Employees

By: Truth

Truth — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:49:19 +0000

“in my oppiom”

I think you smoked too much “oppiom” before you wrote that ill informed mess.

By: Truth

Truth — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:47:56 +0000

Repeating a meme you found on facebook makes you look stupid.
Cobolt isn’t used in Lithium iron phosphate batteries…it is used to refine petroleum though. You might want to remove that talking point.
Lithium carbonate brine comes from South America and Australia, and they don’t use children to “mine” it.
None of your talking points are real or true. You’re a typical trump follower. LOL

By: PACK MAN

PACK MAN — Fri, 31 May 2024 14:31:37 +0000

The electric car is all about making money.
There is no such thing as free energy.
The power company ownes you .
Electric vehicles cost more to buy and service.
After 5 year who wants an electrical car.
Electric cars can not go the distance .
A high compression mazda gas engine is more efficient with improved fuel burn.
Hybrid cars have gas undersized engines included with power to weight issues .
Bermuda salty corosive climate plays havoc with any thing electrical the contatacts go first, look at your battery terminals.
Todays car are not engineered to take the aditional weight of the batteries in my oppiom deemed to be unsafe .
No improvement is tires available to support the aditional weight , higher tire pressure required.
The brakes in an electric car are not good enough as the take longer tome and distance to stop the vehicle.
If the U.S.A. Canada ,South America and Mexico went 100% green it would not make any difference to polution.

By: Red Pill

Red Pill — Fri, 31 May 2024 11:33:23 +0000

EV’s are twice as likely to be in accidents than gas vehicles. The acceleration is very high with no governor. EV’s are a bridge to no where. The sale of EV’s has dropped in other jurisdictions. Batteries in an EV can weigh up to 500kg.You need 10 tonnes of ore for the required cobalt, 2 tonnes of ore to get enough nickel and 12 tonnes of copper ore. In total you have to process 200 tonnes of soil to make a single battery. This pollutes more than a petrol/diesel car does in 20 years of normal consumption. And where will you store the old batteries of an old out of service car? Think twice before you buy an EV.

By: I'm just saying

I'm just saying — Thu, 30 May 2024 22:25:30 +0000

You all will find out how dangerous these vehicles will be. There will be more accidents. They are not they way to go. People are not buying them. And these people here are trying to push them. There’s no benefit in purchasing one.

By: Hilarious!

Hilarious! — Thu, 30 May 2024 20:57:25 +0000

OK, “Jimbob.” Being retired, I can read the news and enjoy life while my investments grow. Are you even in Bermuda? Jimbob is such a common name in Bermuda. Right up there with Billyjoe.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:46:21 +0000

No job? You sit on this site all day raging about nonsense?

By: Hilarious!

Hilarious! — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:26:17 +0000

“The adoption of EVs supports Bermuda’s environmental goals by reducing emissions and promoting cleaner air. Lower fuel and maintenance costs will provide financial savings for the healthcare system, allowing more resources to be allocated to patient care.” DEBUNKED!

A recent Consumer Reports survey of owners of 330,000 EVs in the USA found that EVs have far more problems than ICE vehicles. Repairs are costlier if you can wait for the parts, insurance premiums are higher, and some insurance companies will scrap an EV after an accident.

Then we have EV tires wearing down faster than ICE tires, releasing particulate matter into the atmosphere. EV batteries are recharged using BELCO’s fossil fuel-powered generators. Bermuda’s electric rate is basically the highest in the world.

Why do the people who are signing off on the invoices totally unaware of what is public information?

By: Hilarious!

Hilarious! — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:20:48 +0000

It is abundantly clear that any open consultation to solicit public opinion is just a formality. The overwhelming evidence against the EV plan was so powerful that the plan had to be reinvented and rebranded as “EVolve Bermuda.” I wonder how much taxpayer money was spent on rebranding?

Just remember, not one Minister nor the Big Guy can define “climate change.” And they all jet around the world at taxpayer expense.

My bad for not remembering to add one minor detail in my original comment. Bermuda Fire Services is not trained or equipped to put out an EV fire. Where are those costs? Extinguishing just an EV (car) fire requires thousands of gallons of water. THOUSANDS OF GALLONS! And even then the fire might restart. The water runoff could contaminate the water supply. Air pollution just from the burning battery is significant. Imagine a burning e-bus!

Bermuda now has a fleet of 70 electric buses for public transportation running on roads not designed to handle the weight of an EV. Why is the Government going all in on EVs? Follow the money.

By: Hilarious!

Hilarious! — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:04:01 +0000

Excellent point.

By: Izzypop

Izzypop — Thu, 30 May 2024 17:11:11 +0000

My question is. Where is the money coming from
One minute there is no money and the next, every day we see government spending money on something .

By: hey

hey — Thu, 30 May 2024 16:34:12 +0000

I don’t remember this being in the budget.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Thu, 30 May 2024 15:24:56 +0000

“not one Minister will open up their own wallet”

You could have simply stopped there.

By: Hilarious!

Hilarious! — Thu, 30 May 2024 14:06:12 +0000

News Flash Ministers (again) – there is no such thing as a Zero Emission Vehicle. Why that concept is so hard to grasp is simply mindboggling. Respectfully, given Minister Wilson’s less-than-stellar research for justifying the Sugar Tax, she lacks credibility. Her bungling of the pandemic is a prime example of the Peter Principle at its best.

The ‘EVolve Bermuda’ initiative is lipstick on a pig. Botox on a camel. A whale that doesn’t swim. Where will the money come from to upgrade our roads to handle the extra weight of EVs? How much will it cost taxpayers for charging stations for these Government EVs? Gosh, what will happen when it rains?

EVs are so good that not one Minister will open up their own wallet to buy one. But hey, the thousands of underage children working under horrible conditions in Africa mining rare earths for EV batteries thank you for keeping them employed.